HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMUNITY VULNERABILITY STUDY: COMMUNITY MITIGATION HANDBOOK A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF MITIGATION STRATEGIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ‘PERILS OF FLOOD,’ FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY VOLUME 2 OF THE COMMUNITY VULNERABILITY STUDY (CVS) OCTOBER, 2020 1 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA FACULTY School of Architecture and Community Design Brian Cook, ASLA, MLA, PLA Community Vulnerability Study Project Manager Visiting Assistant Research Professor School of Architecture and Community Design The Florida Center for Community Design Research Taryn Sabia, Ed.M., M. Arch, MUCD Director and Research Associate Professor School of Architecture and Community Design The Florida Center for Community Design Research College of Public Health Joe Bohn, Ph.D., MBA Assistant Professor, Director, Community Engagement & Deputy Director, DrPH Program USF College of Public Health Marie Bourgeois Ph.D., MPH Assistant Professor College of Public Health Center for Environmental/Occupational Risk Analysis and Management Elizabeth A. Dunn, MPH, CPH Instructor, I Global Disaster Management, Humanitarian Relief, and Homeland Security College of Public Health GRADUATE ASSISTANTS Florida Center for Community Design and Research Emilia Ribadeneira William Cook Ana Cheng Margaret Winter College of Public Health Carson Bell, MPH William Gardner, MPH Amy Polen 2 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................................... 4 DOCUMENT SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................. 5 A SHARED VOCABULARY OF RESILIENCY ................................................................................................ 7 ADAPTATION PLANNING AND THE COMMUNITY VULNERABILITY STUDY ...................................................... 13 SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................ 14 FRAMEWORK #1: BEING PREPARED FOR CLIMATE CHANGE: A WORKBOOK FOR DEVELOPING RISK-BASED ADAPTATION PLANS (2014) ................................................................................................ 14 FRAMEWORK #2: THE FLORIDA ADAPTATION PLANNING GUIDEBOOK (2018) ................................ 16 APPROACH FOR THE COMMUNITY VULNERABILITY STUDY .................................................................. 18 INTEGRATING RESILIENCY INTO POLICY DOCUMENTS ................................................................................... 24 SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................ 25 INTEGRATING THE LOCAL NATURAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN INTO A COMMUNITY’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. A GUIDEBOOK FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. ............................................. 27 POST-DISASTER REDEVELOPMENT PLANNING: A GUIDE TO FLORIDA’S COMMUNITIES ................... 30 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................................. 41 CASE STUDY PROJECTS ....................................................................................................................................... 42 SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................ 43 BUILT OR REALIZED PROJECTS ................................................................................................................ 48 HUNTER’S POINT SOUTH WATERFRONT PARK ........................................................................... 49 CALVADOS-HONFLEUR BUSINESS PARK .................................................................................... 53 PALMETTO DOWNTOWN: LOCAL LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT PRECEDENT STUDIES ....... 56 ROOM FOR THE RIVER ................................................................................................................ 58 NATURE-BASED COASTAL DEFENSES IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA ................................................ 62 RACE THE WAVE 5K ..................................................................................................................... 67 EAST HARLEM GETS READY ......................................................................................................... 68 PLANNING PROJECTS ............................................................................................................................. 69 CLIMATE READY BOSTON ........................................................................................................... 70 RESILIENCY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON .......................................................................................... 82 NORFOLK VISION 2100: OPPORTUNITY, COLLABORATION, VISION ...................................... 84 RESILIENCY IN COPENHAGEN .................................................................................................... 87 COPENHAGEN CLOUDBURST .................................................................................................... 87 THE ST PETERSBURG INTEGRATED SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN (ISAP) ................................ 92 PINELLAS COUNTY STORMWATER MANUAL ........................................................................... 101 2020 TAMPA BAY HABITAT MASTER PLAN UPDATE ................................................................ 106 TAMPA BAY BLUE CARBON ASSESSMENT ............................................................................... 112 BROWARD SEA-LEVEL-RISE EFFORTS BRING RESILIENCY SUCCESS STORIES ........................ 114 SOUTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE COMPACT ........................................ 116 CONCEPTUAL PROJECTS ...................................................................................................................... 130 REBUILD BY DESIGN: HUNTS POINT LIFELINES .......................................................................... 131 SOUTHBAY SPONGE: NATURE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESILIENCY IN THE SOUTH BAY .......... 140 LIVING WITH THE BAY: A COMPREHENSIVE REGIONAL RESILIENCY PLAN FOR NASSAU COUNTY’S SOUTH SHORE ......................................................................................................... 144 3 RESIST, DELAY, STORE, DISCHARGE: A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY FOR HOBOKEN ........ 150 LIVING BREAKWATERS ............................................................................................................... 154 SALTY URBANISM: TOWARDS AN ADAPTIVE COASTAL DESIGN FRAMEWORK TO ADDRESS SEA LEVEL RISE ........................................................................................................................... 158 STUDIES, GUIDES AND ACTION PLANS ............................................................................................................ 162 STRATEGIES FOR MULTIFAMILY BUILDING RESILIENCE ........................................................................ 163 MITIGATION ASSESSMENT TEAM REPORT HURRICANE IRMA IN FLORIDA ......................................... 174 NATURAL DISASTERS AND URBAN CULTURAL HERITAGE: A REASSESSMENT ..................................... 177 COLLABORATIVE ENGAGEMENT OF LOCAL & TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE & SCIENCE IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS ..................................................................................................................................... 178 CASE STUDY OF INSTITUTIONAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSES TO FLOODING: REFORMING FOR RESILIENCE? ........................................................................................................................................... 179 FLOOD RISK PERCEPTION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE NETHERLANDS ........................................................................................................................................ 181 THE IMPACT OF NATURAL DISASTERS ON IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES IN THE UNITED SATES: WHAT FUNDERS NEED TO KNOW IN THE IMMEDIATE TERM ........................................................................... 184 SOCIAL CAPITAL AS COLLECTIVE NARRATIVES AND POST-DISASTER COMMUNITY RECOVERY ... 186 THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE .............................. 187 SMART POLICIES FOR A CHANGING CLIMATE: THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS BLUE RIBBON PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENCE..................................................................................................................................... 188 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SUMMARY OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE INCONSISTENCIES AND BARRIERS IN CODES AND GUIDANCE WITH ACTION ITEMS. .............................................................. 191 COASTAL WETLANDS AND FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION: USING RISK INDUSTRY-BASED MODELS TO ASSESS NATURAL DEFENSES IN THE NORTHEASTERN USA .............................................................. 194 HOW AND HOW EFFECTIVE CAN VEGETATION DISSIPATE STORM SURGE, WAVE, & FLOODING? 196 REBUILT WETLANDS CAN PROTECT SHORELINES BETTER THAN WALLS .............................................. 198 GRANTS AND FUNDING .................................................................................................................................... 201 PRE-DISASTER ........................................................................................................................................